THICK BROWNING
A rich thick browning,
Rich with lives of helpless and hapless,
Mud of Sierra Leone throttling,
No child's play this mix;
Chairs, arms, gasps, in thick browning
And livestock flay,
Where wheels to sailing bouts taking,
A cruel hand, no laughing teeth nor gums,
Tis these flood waters about be muddling,
Sieved through the CNN's and such.
We shudder sadly this rich thick browning
THICK BROWNING © gillena cox 2017
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Flood
Prompted by Susan
rich thick devastating browning --You take me beyond the strained images into the morass. Pow!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Susan, i'm happy you dropped in to read mine
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It's very tragic Gillena... we've had a lot of people dying because of the floods in India as well.. I keep wishing for a world in which help and solutions reach places where they are most needed before disaster strikes.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed! Ranjani, hold that thought
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Your words depict so well the tragedy of flooding. Great write!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Bev
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Yes, horrifying, that brown river of mud.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Sherry
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The browning may be thick, and it may be rich, but it is also deadly--and that's a pity.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed MMT
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Very expressive taking you into the reality of the destruction Well written
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Marja
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How horrifying nature can be. I have never experienced a flood.
ReplyDeleteGlad you dropped in Martin
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Sadly floods may become more common as we ignore nature's ways thinking we can control everything. Mankind likes to learn the hard way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Robin
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What a terrible disaster.. eloquently written
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Jae
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We're so helpless in the face of nature's fury. Plight of people so well put: Mud of Sierra Leone throttling,....
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Sumana
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You capture the tragedy of flooding and its consequences so vividly, Gillena!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Sanaa
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Like a gravy teaming with the lives of all who are under water. You made me feel like I was there, Gillena! I'm sorry you are having this terrible time.
ReplyDeleteBekki, I wrote this poem based on News reports. I live in The Republic lid of Trinidad and Tobago
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So very sad, so very tragic. All the lives lost, the property swept away. You did an excellent job of writing about that, about the deadliness.
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We shudder indeed. Floods are terrible...
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really nice write. You put this reader right in the middle of it.
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